AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public
Safety (DPS) is asking for the public’s help in solving the 1980 disappearance
of Kristy
Lynn Booth, and an increased reward of up to $6,000 is being offered
for information that leads to the arrest of those responsible if the tip is
received before next month’s featured Texas Rangers cold case is announced. (A
$3,000 reward for information leading to an arrest is routinely offered on all
cases on the Texas Rangers’ Unsolved Homicides website.)

Booth’s disappearance was reported to
the Midland Police Department in February 1980. Booth was last seen on Feb. 2,
1980, at the Dimensions Nightclub in Midland. She was discovered missing that
night; her shoes and coat were left inside the club. A friend had previously
borrowed her car, which was found abandoned on Feb. 4, 1980, approximately two
miles south of Midland on TX-349. Booth remains missing, and the case remains
unsolved despite extensive efforts by law enforcement authorities.

To be eligible for the cash rewards,
tipsters must provide information to authorities by calling the Crime
Stoppers hotline at 1-800-252-TIPS (8477). All tips are anonymous.

Individuals also
can submit information through the Texas
Ranger cold case website or by contacting us at 1-800-346-3243 (DPS
Missing Persons Hotline).

The DPS Texas Rangers’ Unsolved
Homicides website provides information on more than 75 cases in an effort to
help garner public interest in unsolved or “cold cases.” Texas Crime Stoppers
offers rewards (funded by the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division and
administered by DPS) of up to $3,000 for information that leads to the arrest
of those responsible for any Rangers cold case listed on the website. For more
information, visit the Texas
Ranger cold case website.

As part of a DPS
public awareness program, one case from the Texas Ranger Unsolved Crimes
Investigation (Cold Case) Program is featured each month in an effort to
generate new investigative leads and bring attention to these cold cases. The
Texas Crime Stoppers reward is increased up to $6,000 for the featured case in
hopes that the higher reward money will generate additional tips. The higher
reward amount will only be paid if the tip is submitted before the next case is
featured.

The Texas Ranger Unsolved Crimes
Investigation Program was created to assist Texas law enforcement agencies
investigating unsolved murders or violent serial crimes. Since there is no
statute of limitations for the offense of murder, investigators pursue these
cases to a successful resolution or until no viable leads remain.

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